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riddle
riddle(
rih
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duhl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (puzzle)
a. el acertijo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Those who solve the riddle can enter the temple.Los que resuelvan el acertijo podrán entrar al templo.
b. la adivinanza (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
This is a really tricky riddle; you've stumped me.Esta es una adivinanza muy difícil; me matas.
2. (mystery)
a. el enigma (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
How Stonehenge was constructed is one of the great riddles of human history.Cómo se construyó Stonehenge es uno de los grandes enigmas de la historia de la humanidad.
b. el misterio (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
What ever happened to the missing child is a riddle that police are still trying to solve.Lo que le sucedió al niño perdido es un misterio que la policía aún sigue tratando de resolver.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. acribillar
They found his body riddled with bullets in a ditch.Encontraron su cadáver acribillado a balazos en la cuneta.
5. (to filter)
a. cribar
This machine riddles all the large chunks that we want to separate.Esta máquina criba los trozos grandes que queremos separar.
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